davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
Mai9atorfan9n.

MQisatorerne unbuiger alminoelisois
Menneifer, men bpis ben Blot en- Gang
bar imast 8isoet af Dem, bliuer ben en-
ipris Menneifeeber. On often bleu en-
engelif gmbebsmanb, Der iao | lit 9elt
NOR en- inbif 9anbsbp, anraabt ON
Sialp at en- summel Snofsot, Der, iom
2esn paa Sprs. bapbe itrSet Ilfe paa
fit Sopeb % isnberreuet fine 8laber.
"3u, be 5attises 8eitptier," bptebe
ban, ibet ban fuiteoe fig for Gnbeba=
manoeus 5sbber, "bialp bin elenbise
Slape! On o%nbIfabsfulS alligator bar
ipas upiIust min lille 9atter. gun gil
neb til Slooen for at fplbe ct 8ar meo
Sanb, os aifummet trat benoe no |
5luoen Os upaao benbe. gf! % bun
bapoe fine @~ulolpanoer paa. Stor er
ben nlptte, iom bar rant mis!"
Otter at babe ienbt ben 8snialoenbe
bort bespnote gnslanberen at ipefalere
pua en- Ylan til at fanse bet ineSist
Gmpbibie. San beitemte zig for al
BRUCE en- lposnbe Mabbins % beOrorebt
2anosbpimeoen til at laue Jig to pelt
bise 5iifetrose.
9iolist naite WOrsen git Gnslanbe
rem neo til 5loben fulst al naiten bell
8pens Beioltnins. Gn leuenbe feb slnl
meb en- SiIfetros unbsr buer Yinse ua,
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
On reel Wpopenotabeo.

Si anta9er, at Der life er en- Dame i
bette fore Ganb, iom life meo 9iben
penter at bliue @ier al en- Spmalfine,
buis bun life allereoe eier en-.
Wten efter at man er fait beiluttet paa
at tlsbe en- iaaoan u%nnouarlis Irtitel,
opItaar BET Sperssmaal, buao Slaas
WdItine man ital tjpbs.
Den buroe bore enfel i &onitrnftion.
laa at ben NET reUeoe funoe BRUCE ben.
De andre 5oroele ueo en- SpmaItine.
lom ma bpr tase Senipn til, er 8aria.
beo, SurtiSbeo. 8apacitet for Qrbeibe.
letpinot at baanbterc, re9e(mesIia
Sang, ieon 9eniion % at ben arbeibsr
itIt.
Light Running New Home fill.
ireosltiaer ale oisie S~orSrinser % be.
Iiooer ole andre Spmaltiuers aooe
5oroele tiaisemeo mango npe ssplb
oringer % arbeiosiparenoe OpiinoefIer.
Tr,len er life bsiere emo paa andre
Spmaltiner, % enbuer Dame, Iom eier
en- iaaoan Spmaitine, fan ilaa fla til SC
neo, at bun eier en- uirtelig Stat. 9ea
Apertisiementet.
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23

Stemme falbte bsit paa benbe uoenfor
"Rassie! Rassie! Sfpno Dem uo
iaa burtist iom De fam Der er en- Tpu
Ifiult unber 0eres Seng". Deb Oroet
"9pp" iprans Yisen ifrisenoe uo al
Senaen, REP Tsren pp og falot ON I
arampetrafninser ube | @ansen. YET
tiunen bar fraitisere emo S%asmooeren
tilliQteoe, men, ba Bisen omIloer bar
blepet rolis isjen. iasoe bun til benoe:
"De betenfte 9em life paa at fort9ue
nit lille iuaseliSe 8arn, lom lite illnoe
uibe, at bet bar Ell 2gsn, en- fr9ttell9
SiItorie ON en- 8jDrn unber betoes
sens; mel, MI, nuar ies cppnrter DEM
neo en- liSnenbe Siiturie, iaa er De narz
ueb at os Of Sfret. Smor9en fan De
aaa 9eres Bel; Be er aloeles iouell9
til at paste 8orn."
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
gu Seftipn.

On Mober bcrte en- Giten Yarnepisen
tale til ben lile Yise, iom bun par i
Besreb meo at faa til at iope, ps blanot
andre S%antaiioitre fra Gmmeituen, ipm
bun iplote ben lille meb, uar Sa paiua
islsenbe: "Spis Su life icper M, liae
paa Minutet, oa tonuner Der en- Ifratte.
Zig for, FORT SiDrn meo sloenoe Zine
cs itore, tore Sustanoer ub ira unoer
bin Sens % aper, aosr, aber big up."
Oct itatfels lille Barn trDb ueo unber
3pnen % Srsmte naturlispis ON ior.
farSelise Sisrne, Der ipiite benoe pp.
Den lamme Nat, ba ben iplibe amms
ielp bapoe last fig til 8o / fin Seus %
baoee lutfet aampen, blep Der plubielisi
bantet paa 9sren % Susmuberens
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23

ben flpoenos Maobins. Suer at aros
gene bar fat fat | ct itarit Snsre, Tom
bolbtes oppe peo 1~raitptier, Der bar
anbrast paa Snoren meo reselmGs lise
Meuemrum.
Den uuiIis gnb bleu ombpsselist lat
/ Yanoet os iusmmeoe flasrenbe os
inaorenbe neo ab Strsmmen, inotil ben
TOM i Iarbeben at bet Stjulefeo, bpor
Gaisatoren laa paa Cur.
Blubielis tlSpebes Sc lunse 8Slser I
ben merfe Strem al ct ipiosiuuoet So
pebe, % man bprte en- Ylaoiten os en-
Sammenllas at 99noer. Gnoen for
iuanbt % Ginen bespnbte at lsbe no
meset buriist. Den @nbe al ben, Der
uar paa 9anbet, bar blepet faitsjort til
en- 7raitamp, ps meb Spl % 5orban
belier rpftebe 9~anbsbpens 8eboere |
Rebet, ioet De mart gap etter % mart
baleoe inb.
3illioIt bleo 5pren trufret IND paa
bet lape Yanb tot ueb YreoDen, buor
ben preb fig os piifeoe meb fin oGloise
Snle, inotil ben bleu iflibt / SOpeoet.
9a ben blsp aabnet, fanot man @ulb-
ipanberne / bens Waue, % oeres @iens
erbperuelie bar en- flor 9rsit ior ben OPP
eote Yi9es 5or9lore.
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23

pifenbe Sopet meo fin palbise Sale, er
bet iitreit at pare iaa lamst bOrte Tom
mulist, mebminore man er i9roeles
scbt forbereot for 8ris. Den Scene,
ri iaa fra Daffet af "MonteSuma", bar
/ 8irfelisbeoen itorariet % interesiant.
Oct bar en- Iisefrem 81 2urnerins
mellem Guos palbisite Sfabnins |
9preperbenen os Wenneifet.
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
Ypttenoe Nottcr.

gtaturbiitoriife 5anomener, lom / bsi
@rab er ififfebe til at pGffe ben lnge
Naturiorlfers Jprbauielie, finoes /
Wensoe / Imerifas peitlise Gsne. Seq
maa iise, a. Sntet / lang 9io bar moret
mig iaa meset iom at lasse Merte til
Yjersrotterne / Nri5ona % gtD Werico,
ba ies ensaus sioroe en- Cur giennem
oisle Stater. Oe fables alminbeli9uis
"8pttes &otter" Trading Rats, os ies
pleiebe at fisse uaasen en- lang 9io buer
gtat peb 9eiriloen for at ie paa beres
NarreItreser. 9eres 8%rumipring os
Bepeaelier minbebe ON &iIinsers. De
ier no ium ~almincelise 8otter, unotasen
at Dc er lpiere | 5arpe; oeres Saler ct
~forters % tpffere % oeres Snloer
minore ipioie. Be leuer / bule Greer
% Slipper.
Men bet moriomlte ueo benz er, at,
ifipnt be er fsbte imaa Spuefuegte, siper
be altib noset anbet | Stebet for enbuer
Ting be taser; os merfelist er bet o.
laa, at be neiten albris itjaler Ssbepa=
rer. On Scat m9rfeoe ies noset rsre
fig peo nit Soueoe. Oa ies foriistis
aabnebe Ginene iaa leg en- Of bisie
Gotter bale brabeli9t / min Saoel, ION
ies brugte til Souebpuoe. 0a Saoss
len bar en- California;, Der peieoe prts
trent treoipe Yuno, ipntes ben lille 5prs
Gnitranselier temmelis ar9jarris ior
ct 9pr al bens Stsrrelie. De Iaber
af meb Yatroner, &nioe, @ufler os alt
mulist anbet. lom be fan fua fat /. gu
sammel Yroipeftpr f%Ortalte mig, at bun
fit ct belt uoitpr af iaaoanne 7ins
i%tiaalet | en- Scat, os at en- bel Del
@ienitaube blep last / Stebet.
Saser taset fra ct Steo er b!euet
iunoet / ct Sfur tpue Mil oerfra. Seq
mDbte en- Dag paa en- Sernbaues Sta.
ton en- 8an9 Gier, Der bpebe Omtreni
EFT Snes Mil fra 8anen, % oa ri tun
til at tale ON bisie &otter, iasoe ban
Seq ianot i nit llbbus forleben DAG
Ell Def Samlins af 8niue, @afler ua
Sfeer fluff unber en- 8unte Nffalb. 81
bar brast berbeu al be imaa 9puefneste,
men buor be baobe taset benz, bar iea
inaen Sbe ON. 9erimpb peb ieg, at b
til @iensialb bar i%tiaalet en- bcl &asit
Yatroner til min @iudeiters 8iHel."
Seq 10 os iuareoe: "Ses bar 9eres
Yatruner, % Be bar ri~melisuis MINE
Steer os &nipe, eiteriom ies fun bar tt
tilbase al ct belt 9uiin. Win &iffel E,
al en- forlfielis @alibcr, laa ies ia,
insen 8rus for Yatronerne. Suis d
berfOr pil lasse mine Sfeer IND bos
8icbmanoen Der paa 8laoien, 1fal leg
brinse Yairuncrne." llouerlinsen fore
git nosle faa 9ase eiter, % Steerut
piite fig at bore mine % Yatrpnsrnt
bans.
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
ON Speile.

Mennelfet fsrite Spell bar naturligs
pis paret ct 8anbs roli9e Jlabe, men
Opinblombeben bar mart pioit at Ifaffe
beore os mere brugelise Speile tilpeie.
gfn berer ct Spell til bet electromagnetic
Snobo. 9ets Opfinoer maa babe u9ret
| Yeiibbelie at en- uis Grab al Sasttas
selieseune, Gitertanfe % 8unitfaroiss
beo, os besnastet finoer man bet / for
ifje0ise Sfitfeller ouer bele Surben os
ielu bos be minbit uooifleoe Soft. 5ars
peoe @lasperler % imaa Saanoipeile
er TO al be O%irfiomite Mioler, bporueb
&ulturen uinoer ben isrite Snbsans Dos
be raa 5olfeIlas. Spao Cub os &unit
life fan iormaa, bet pirfer oisie @iens
itanoe, Der pGffer 5orienselisbeoen.
Be %fremfaloer 9ilnarmelie, 1iuib,
Sanoel % tiliibit 8ane til at arbeibe,
blot for at fanne lfaHe Wibler til at til
freositiae bet porenbe 8ebop.
Yaa ben anoen Sibe timber ri / be
samle Grateres @rape Speile, iom
bette beieit ubOiflebe at ben samle Ser
oens &ulturfolf neolasbe / auinbernes
@rape iOm ct Symbol paa Sfisns
beben.
Be @amles Speile par for StsrItes
oelen at Wetal, bog families Der osiaa
tioli9t @lasipeile, Der Tom fra BET for
jim @lasfabrifation iaa bersmte Siocn,
meoens Metalipeilene fom fra 8rinoiSi.
Wetalipeilene fabriterebes / &eselen ai
en- 2eserins al apbber % Tin. %linius
omtaler pSIaa Ssluipeile, % bet be
m9rfes, at Yrareteles, ben bsrsmte
S~iaeobusser, fabriferebe %iauounne. s
&oms @lansperiooe bar bet pei beller
life iielbent at finbe Speile at Cub.
8eiler Hero Ifal babe eiet ct Spell al
SmaraSo, men Der er @runb til at aus
tage, at @oelitenen life uar ct pirfelist
Spell, men tnn leben iom ct siennemz
iistist @las, liselom ct B~riQeslas, ioet
nemlis Wero betiente fig berai for bers
isiennem at betraste @labiaturfampene
paa Irenden. 8ierstrpital, Obiibian
% Fere Mineratier benpttes usiaa til
Speile.
De antife Speile CT Iabpanlis imaa
rnnoe eaer ouale % iUripueoe meo
Saanbtas. Dog bapbe auinberne %.
iaa fore Speile, / bpilte De funbe be.
tragic belle 5iSuren, liseiom usiaa BE-
&ise bolot Slauer, Der life bapbe anbei
at beitlae END at bolbe Speilet, mebena
bet bleu benpttet. Man fjenbte osiaa
5ortioen be frumme Speile, iaapel ION.
pere iUm fpnfaue, % benpttebe fig a
benz.
Bore Speile fcriaroises / &eseler
al @las % foripnes paa Basiioen mel
ct iepnt Metalas, en- Slanbins at 3il
% &oifislU, for at sisre benz uisien
nemiistise. Den 8unit at itsbe @las
Jet | itprre Ylaeer upianbtes / Gare
1858 / 5rantris af Gbrubum 3beuart
men Raimonbus 2ulus bar allereo
lanst tiolisere { bet 14oe garbunbrebe
angipet en- 5remsanssmaaoe, buorpel
man fan forpanble @las til ct Spell Del
Sialp At en- 8asflabnins al BIN.
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23
Hmslauos frtgipme Sipegne.

Get bar pGret ~paaitaaet / Here lons
oonite 8laoe, at @rep 2olltoi, ben rug
fiIe Yremierminiter, bar f~orellaaet / ct
al aabinetsmeoerne, at De 100000
friaiune r~usiiite 8pnber after lfulbe
sisres til 2ipesne.
Spnberue bleu frisipet al &eIler
aleranber ben 2oen | 1861 A, o9 bar
lausiOmt bespnbt at %fpritaa beres &et@
tisbeoer, 5unftioner os YliSter iom frie
5ulf. Be itaar lanst tilbase for See
creme / Spoen meb Senlgn til burtist
at finoe fig ~tilrette | beres npe StiIlins,
ioroi De life er omsipet af be Jremifrio
% liberale Sbeer, Tom uomarfer bort
a~merifanife Samfunb; men besuagtet
maa man iise, at be bar uopiflet Jig
sanite sobt ps ~bibruset me9et til Cant
bets alminbelise 5remsans. Wen, ba
bisie "buibe Slauer", Tom man pasIenoe
funoe fable benz, bleu irisipet, bapbe
oenne omfattenoe 5p~rbolosreSel ben
girfuins, at sisre mango @eolemmer
al ben sumle Abel fattise, oa De bopeos
iaselis bauoe leuet al beres arpeoe 2ios
esues 6ooeriarbeioe. 9en samle libel
bar berfor albrig opbsrt at u9re poers
fig misiprnsiet meo ben Ioranbreoe ga
sernes 5ilitauo, % aoitiaise al benz er
M meset iuriss Nibiliiter.
Set iises, OF ct iauoant Sfribt, Tom
bet af @reu Golitoi fureIaaece, life
alene uiloe %tilireositiae % berOli9e ben
misiurnoieoe Del at Ibelen, men at bet
psiaa pilbe briase ben Del al 8pnbes
itanoen til Tuusbso, lOm I'LL beflaser
Jig ODER, at 5ribeoen life lamtioist bar
brast benz Selitanb, os iOm bsrfpr oss
iaa bpppist finoes / @ibiliiternes &afs
fer. @n 8urreippnbent / ct. 8etersz
burg til eonoOn "9uilp Meips" tiger
ansaaenbe bette 8pste: "Se9 bar bsrt
fra lamme Slide, at Slanen pil blipe
~iUrtaitet al Statsraaoet meb en- ppers
ueienbe Maioritet, ibet fun fire Meb>
lemmer nemlis Storbertus glabis
mir, @. YObeoOnOtiOif (8reiioent for
ben beaise Spnobe), @rep Sbuoaloff
(tiblisere @eianot / 9Oubon), Os @rep
9olitoi ielu - pil femme for Den. Men
bet frDStes, OF &ciieren aliseoel pil an
tase 5urlldset % sjOre bet til 9op."
Set piloe bore ct iorfarbelist Eli
baseifribt / GiuiliiatiOnens SiltOrie pe
ftprte &uslano / en- gorserfris. Sci
uiloe bore en- Stanbale for bort "op.
lpite" Na~rbunbrebe; me- bpao fan mar
life oente Jig al en- rusiiit 9eipot? 81
oesuoen bar NapOleOn ben Ssrfte &et
oa ban iasoe: "Strab libt paa 8usie:
rem, ps man oil opbase 9artaren."
MnlerifanR. "&pinber, min Ssu,
iasbe en- 5aoer aoparenbe, "er Zebra.
serife os iuiseiulbe 8eiener -" =
"9et er bog beipnberlist", mumlebe
@utten, "at Soft bOlber iaa nreset Of al
fi9le for ben Sluss 8aiener." Oa
inben ben samle Manb funbe iortiette,
Decorah-posten., 1887-11-23

Nmerifanf. "&pinber, min Ssn,"
iasbe en- Juoer aoparenbe, "er bebra-
serife os iuiseiulbe 8aiener. -" -
"9et er bog beipnberlist", mumlebe
@utten, "at Jolf bolber iaa meset Of at
fi9le for ben Sluss 8aiener." 90
inben ben samle Wanb funbe iOrtiette,
baooe ben unse 5pr iamlet fine Siul=
feiter Op us fiat al for at bliue =
bebro9en.
, 1887-10-25

EN-MINIsTER wAsnnURNE.

Hon. Elihu B. Washburne, ex minister
to France, who has Just died at his home
in Chicago, was a man who was rendered
conspicuous rather by the force of circum-
stances than any inherent genius of his
own. Through an accident he was elect
ed to congress from the Galena district at
the outbreak OF the war, where his subse-
quent defense of Grant at Donnelson
cemented a friendship which was life long;
Upon Grant election to the presidency
states portfolio, but preferring to go
abroad he was sent as minister to France.
He remained in Paris during the siege by
the German army, and conducted himself
so as to win the. respect of both parties to
that great struggle. His diary and
"reminiscences of the siege Of Paris and
the Commune have Just been republlshed
in book form from the pages OF Scribner's
Magazine, but while they contain much
that may prove valuable to the future histo.
rian the style isneither ornate nor elegant,
while the mental grasp of the situation
is painfully circumscribed. His point of
view is never sufficiently elevated to
sweep the field, and his judgment is too
often eolored by the preiudices of those
who surrounded him, or the cllques in
which h. was socially anchored. No one
performance of his life gives a deeper
insight into the man or the limitations of
his talents.
Personally he was suave and c%ourtly,
digni6ed in his demeanor yet easily APP
proachable, and with that polish of man
ners which stamped him as a man who
had mixed freely amid the best social sur
roundings. He was ambitious to be pres
ident, but the only time he had the
shadow of n show for nomination was
when the Grant third term movement
ended in the nomination of Garfield.
Personally and politically he was a pure
man.
, 1887-10-25

but a step in the SIR J. WEST RIDGEwAY.
advancement OF civilization, that Russia's in
fuence in that direction is the result OF hui
man progress, and that to check it would not
be productive Of good results.
When Col. R~idgeway was 10 years old, in
1860, he entered the Indian army as ensign.
He was made lieutenant in 1869, captain in
1869, major in 1880 and brevet lieutenant
colonel in 1881. He has filed several politi.
cal appointments under successive viceroys Of
India and at one time was under secretary to
the government of India in the foreign de
partment. During the Afghan campaign Of
1879 and 1880 he served with Sir Frederick
Roberts, and in 1884 he was selected by the
Marquis of Ripon to command the Indian
section Of the Afghan boundary commission.
He held this command on the famous march
from Quetta to Bala Murghab to meet Sir
Peter Lumsden, who came from England
through Persia. When Sir Peter returned
to England in 1885 Col. Ridgeway was APP
pointed British commissioner In November,
1885, he met the Russian commissioner at
Zuldkar, and during the next ten months
$50 miles OF frontier were demarcated. The
joint commission only separated in view Of
insuperable difficulties in connection with the
last few miles OF the frontier For his ser.
vices in this affair he was created Knight
Commander of the Star OF India. Last year
he went to st. Petersburg and conducted the
negotiations on behalf of the British govern
ment for the completion of the last few
miles OF the Afghan frontier, and, after eight
months Of discussion, he succeeded in making
an arrangement which has been apparently
satisfactory to both England and Russia, and
averted the armed struggle which appeared
50 likely to take place at one time.
, 1887-10-25
The neau Ideal OF a Family Medicine

a remedy which promptly and com
pletely relieves ailments of such common
occurrence as indigestion, constipation,
biliousness and disorders of a malarial
type, is assuredly the beau ideal of a fam
lily medicine. Such is Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, which is not only capable of
Graduating these complaints, but also
counteracting a tendency to kidney
troubles, rheumatism and premature de-
cadence of stamina. Taking it AL
round, as the phrase is, there is prob
ably not in existence so useful, effective
and agreeable a household panacea as the
Bitters. Nor is it less highly esteemed
by the medical profession than by the
families of America. Numberless testi-
monials from professional sources of ire
fragable authenticity evince its merit. The
demand for it abroad, no less than in the
land of its discovery, Is certainly ~increas.
ing, time and experience of its beneficial
effects confirming the high opinion origi-
nally formed of it.
, 1887-10-25
The Straight story.

To the Editor OF The Leader.
CHEYENNE, Oct. 24.-In every case,
good or bad, it is always best to state facts,
especially when names are called. The
article to which this is a reply appeared in
the Suns issue of the 23d under the cap
ton: in Trouble. A Young Colored
Man Who Knew Too Much"
We would forbear replying to the arti-
Gle were it not for the fact that giving the
name leaves no longer any question as to
who the father is, seeing there is but one
colored family by the name of Triplett in
Cheyenne. This OF itself renders it
necessary to state the other and the truth
full side, which is as follows, and substan-
TALLY as the Sunday morning LEADER
stated:
A $40 bill was dropped by someone in
the place named and young Triplett found
it, showed it to several persons, stating at
the time that he had found it. The very
fact of his showing the money and telling
that he found it is evidence that he had
no intention of theft. The man who
claimed to have been the loser and
went in search OF the parents of
the boy stated that the officer
made the arrest without his sanction.
The manner in which the arrest was
made and the conduct of the officer was
highly r~eprehensible. The money was not
found in possession of the boy, as stated
by the Sun, but when the father was
found he paid the $40 claimed and the
boy was released from confinement and
$3.50 taken from his pocket when arrest
ed was refunded. These are the facts,
and that the boy had a right to inquire
and satisfy himself as to the rightful
owner was perfectly natural and proper.
The above is the first time this youth
has ever been incarcerated, and it is sin
cerely hoped that it may be the last.
Than the parents of young Triplett, none
regret the affair more. Calling the name
is the cause of the above explanation.
AN INTERESTED PARTY.
, 1887-10-25
T~ELEGRAPHIC BREvITIEs.

The Chicago wheat market closed
strong yesterday. Cash 7OB, December
73s, May 7Si.
A special from Tampa, Ella, says there
were twenty three cases of yellow fever
yesterday and three deaths.
The issue of standard silver dollars from
the minis during the week ended Oct. %
was 1888, 900, and shipments of fractional
silver coin since the LIST inst amount to
$751;, 900.
Six boilers in the Lawrence iron works
at Ironton, o., exploded yesterday morn
ing, killing four men and wounding twelve
others. Portions OF the boilers were
blown half a mile away.
, 1887-10-25

LEONARD SWEET, OF Chicago, in deliv-
ering the address at the unwilling of the
Lincoln u in Chicago among
other things said: The most marked
characteristic of Mr.. Lincoln was his per-
sonal peculiarly. No one who knew him
eve knew another man like him. He
stands out from the whole world of his
time. isolated and alone. Another very
remarkable and useful trait of his charac.
ter was that mental equipose which is
disturbed at nothing and diverted from
the pathway it has marked out by moth.
ing. Although prosecuting the war sim.
ply from a sense of duty and not from q
belief in its success, yet he kept right or
and was neither depressed by disastersn mol
, 1887-10-25
A POSTAL NOVELTY.
How n Man in Paris Can Dispatch His
Mail Matter,

How n Man in Paris Can Dispatch His
Mail Matter.
Theodore Child writes to The New York
Sun that Paris has the best letter dispatch sys-
TEN in the world, the letters being shot through
small tubes to all the central points OF the
city by the propulsion of compressed air.
In 1866 the first pneumatic tube was laid,
and now their total length is lis miles, while
several more are in construction. To send q
quick message, you drop a petit bleu, as they
are called-thati is a dainty little blue tinted
envelope-into the nearest postoffice box, and
10 matter what part of the city it goes to,
you have your answer in an hourl Or you
may send an open card. The charge seems
high to an American; for the open card it is
six cents, for a closed message Ten cents, and
for n card with prepaid reply twelve cents.
The letter sheet is like ours-that is, n sheet
gummed on the flap and ready to be folded
when the writing is completed, and as the
size of it is 5 by @ inches one may inscribe
quite a communication. Last year $685. 69
such messages were "piped through" and the
postal revenue thereon was over S247 900.
Our engraving represents the principal ma
chinery. The pipes are Of drawn iron lap
welded, with an interior diameter Of two and
nine sixteenths inches. Wherever practicable
they run in the sewers, being bracketed to the
walls; but as the sewers connect at all sorts
of angles and the pipes can only turn on n
gentle curve they must often leave the
sewers. Elsewhere the tubes are laid in the
ground at n depth of three and a half feet.
In these tubes run little trains of message
boxes, made of sheet iron with leather closely
fitted over it. Each box will hold twenty
closed messages, box and contents weighing
twelve ounces. The last box in the train
carries a washer" or circular flap Of leather
so flexible that the pressure of the air behind
causas IL tn swell ont and fit tight to the interiOr
of the tube. When the train of several mes
sage boxes is properly inserted in the tube,
which is the upward prolongation of the main
tube underground, one piston closes the pipe
behind (the train having sunk to the under
ground pipe by gravity another opens a con-
nection with the reservoir of compressed air,
the air rushes in and drives the train to its
destination. This is the simplest explanation
that can be given; of course the apparatus is
much more complex than this would Indicate,
as it must receive MS we'll as transmit, and be
provided for many functions and contingent
cies. 1t is of equal interest to learn that at
many stations the air is compressed at very
, 1887-10-25

The new 1900 pound bronze buffalo
head which is to amount the Council
Bluffs entrance to the Union Pacific rail-
road bridge across the Missouri. has
reached its destination and is ready to be
perched upon its pedestal. 1t is said to
be a perfect piece of work from an artistic
point of view and will be a fitting emblem
to the tourist as he enters the state in
which Buffalo Bill finds a local habitation
and a name. On the Omaha side of the
bridge the people seem more disposed to
defy the hog than to pay any undue
honors to the commercially valueless buff
falo.